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Digital Sandbox exceeds funding goals, helps 19 startups raise $7M
Earlier this week, Digital Sandbox KC announced it has helped 19 early-stage tech startups raise roughly $7 million in follow-on funding, surpassing its investment goal six months earlier than planned. Digital Sandbox was originally funded through $1 million from the federal i6 Challenge Grant. Since its creation in February 2013, Digital Sandbox KC has worked with…
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KC-based prediction startup Knoda secures seed round from local investor
Kyle Rogers knew in 1999 that his Kansas Jayhawks would win the national basketball championship in 2003 behind the likes of future first-round picks Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison. In passing, told his mom. Four years later, KU lost by three points in that game. He came close, and though he missed, he remembered telling…
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KCSourceLink founder reflects on 10 years aiding, connecting startups
Maria Meyers has been connecting Kansas City’s startup founders and small business owners for 10 years in her work for KCSourceLink, which she founded in 2003. In that position, and as director at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, she’s helped pull together partners and resources to give businesses what they need to be successful. Recently,…
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Digital Sandbox reveals director and board of advisors, opens applications
A group led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City Innovation Center unveiled its plans today for Digital Sandbox KC, a proof-of-concept and mentoring center made possible by a $1 million federal grant last year. During a press event at Union Station, the Digital Sandbox’s future home, officials introduced the center’s director and board of advisors…
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Watch the Digital Sandbox KC announcement at 1:30 p.m.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City Innovation Center at 1:30 p.m. today will reveal the details of Digtal Sandbox KC, a new proof-of-concept and mentoring center that’s a result of a $1 million federal grant in 2012. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and a group of executives from notable Kansas City …
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UMKC-led group lands $1 million grant to foster growth of tech startups
The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced a $1 million grant to fund the creation of a proof of concept center, known as “the Digital Sandbox,” that seeks to spur the development of technology startups in the Kansas City area. Led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s …